April 25-26

The rain that moved in on Tuesday night stayed around until Wednesday afternoon, when I got home from lunch with Jenny I got word that McCaskey's ballgame was postponed until Thursday at 4:15. Said news effectively ended the day which was a shame because the weather in late afternoon/early evening was very pleasant. Those conditions were still thankfully in evidence on Thursday afternoon for the makeup game as Conestoga Valley visited for the final division crossover game of the season. In 2016 the ballclub at McCaskey was just 1-19, in 2017 the record improved to 9-11. Thus far in 2018 the club stands at 5-5 in league play and 7-5 overall which put them in the thick of the race for league and/or district playoffs. If the club qualifies for the postseason the game on this day may be remembered as the one that turned momentum for good. CV scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings to carry a 2-0 lead into the bottom of the seventh. JPM had been held without a hit through six innings but in the seventh Seth Winters drew a walk and Caleb McFarland was hit by the pitch to put two men on base with two out. Dylan Esh followed with an RBI single (the Red Tornado's first hit of the game) to score Winters, Mason Lee batted next and stroked an RBI hit to plate McFarland with the tying run. In the ninth JPM walked it off on a one-out double by Hunter Lloyd and the game-winning RBI hit from Dylan Esh. Dylan started on the mound and went five innings, he finished the game at shortstop while Noah Bergey (who started at third base) worked the final four to get the win. The game ended around 6:50, I immediately headed for Reservior Park where the night's dek hockey schedule was already underway. Winners on this night included the Owls over the Kings, the Misfits over the Pub Dawgs and the Riot over the Hammerheads. Take care, thanks for reading.